North Korean ships head home after China orders coal returned

[livingston]

A fleet of North Korean cargo ships is heading home to the port of Nampo, the majority of it fully laden, after China ordered its trading companies to return coal from the isolated country, shipping data shows.

Following repeated missile tests that drew international criticism, China banned all imports of North Korean coal on Feb. 26, cutting off the country's most important export product.

To curb coal traffic between the two countries, China's customs department issued an official order on April 7 telling trading companies to return their North Korean coal cargoes, said three trading sources with direct knowledge of the order.
A source at Dandong Chengtai, one of China's biggest buyers of North Korean coal, said the company had 600,000 tonnes of North Korean coal sitting at various ports, and a total of 2 million tonnes was stranded at Chinese ports.

Eikon data shows that most of these ships have recently left Chinese coal ports

Exclusive: North Korean ships head home after China orders coal returned

 

[Mr. terzmo]

Most likely filled up with nuke parts needed and headed home

 

[kev74]

This is gonna get interesting.

Big Kim's going to start getting cranky if his Happy Meal and Cheeto budget gets cut.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Darth, a cordless drill, 15 minutes; the whole fleet on the bottom.

 

[tirwin1]

Interesting stories in the news these days. I read another story that china is sending 150,000 troops to the north korean border. Perhaps Trump and the president of China made some sort of deal whereby China has to start putting the screws to north korea. I suppose anything is possible. If that turns out to be the case, what did we give up in exchange?

The dirty little secret is that neither china nor south korea want a re-unified country. South korea saw what happened when west germany had to basically take over east germany's economy. North korea is in much worse shape than east germany was. Both china and south korea prefer the status quo as long as the idiot dictator doesn't get too crazy. Unfortunately the idiot appears to be getting less stable with each passing year.

 

[Mr. terzmo]

China doesn't want a US partner on it's border,hence NK stays the same but possibly with a new furher....maybe cumo can extend an invitation for NY State....He can get a free education and all the whoppers he wants or join jenny craig and get a new identity

 

[Mosinitis]

Korea could have been another benign Mongolia if we didn't get involved in the 50's. This is just another example how we screw ourselves by sticking our nose in every corner of the world. Germany was the aggressor in WWII and it reunited over a quarter century ago. Korea was an overrun country, a victim. It is still divided. That's what keeps the regime in power long after communism was abandoned by others. Every single problem we face around the world today is a result of our past intervention.

 

[tirwin1]

This just keeps getting more interesting.

China Threatens To Bomb North Korea's Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing's "Bottom Line" | Zero Hedge

 

[Criticalt]

We should just give all our nukes to North Korea.


One at a time.

 

[spat]

So Trump gets China to reign in their lackey only a few months into his term, another action that the lefties failed at for 8 years....

 

[kev74]

So Trump gets China to reign in their lackey only a few months into his term, another action that the lefties failed at for 8 years....

I guess that meeting in Florida was more productive than CNN told me it was.

 

[Mr. terzmo]

nothing on any news nets

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Offer them a low ball price on the coal. Saves them unloading time. Put it on eBay. Flip it and make some $$$.

 

[agalipe1]

Offer them a low ball price on the coal. Saves them unloading time. Put it on eBay. Flip it and make some $$$.

Just like Hillary's fireworks

 

[Darth]

Darth, a cordless drill, 15 minutes; the whole fleet on the bottom.

That's assuming I don't want Armageddon though.

Me:

 

[Burzum]

Bait and switch, as I stated in an earlier thread, China's warns North Korea "don't make me put you on doubly secret suspension, wink, wink."

Then N. Korea "behaves," president XI gets Trump to roll over on fixing the American job-destroying $348 billion trade deficit with China, then when China wants another concession, China just has N. Korea act-up again.

God this is so stupid, cannot anyone see this???????????????

 

[CaseHardened]

Why the hell can't China just ANNEX North Korea ?

It would end the dream of a Unified Korea, but who sees that happening anyhow ?

 

[togmaster]

Why the hell can't China just ANNEX North Korea ?

It would end the dream of a Unified Korea, but who sees that happening anyhow ?

Makes sense to me. They all look alike anyway.

 

[pmcjuryny]

Interesting stories in the news these days. I read another story that china is sending 150,000 troops to the north korean border. Perhaps Trump and the president of China made some sort of deal whereby China has to start putting the screws to north korea. I suppose anything is possible. If that turns out to be the case, what did we give up in exchange?

The dirty little secret is that neither china nor south korea want a re-unified country. South korea saw what happened when west germany had to basically take over east germany's economy. North korea is in much worse shape than east germany was. Both china and south korea prefer the status quo as long as the idiot dictator doesn't get too crazy. Unfortunately the idiot appears to be getting less stable with each passing year.

I really don't think a unified Korea is good for anyone other then the north Koreans at this point. Finding a way to officially end the war, while maintaining two Korea's would work out best for everyone. That's assuming the north Korean government is replaced with something more stable.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

It might not just be ships anymore...

BREAKING: China’s National Airline Just Suspended All Flights to North Korea

If this is true it seems ominous. Allegedly NK may test another nuke for their day of the sun which is Saturday (for us in eastern time tobight)

 

[tirwin1]

Just great. I have a daughter trying to return from Thailand and her connection is at Beijing. I just hope she can get out of there before any fireworks start.

 

[Celt]

Korea could have been another benign Mongolia if we didn't get involved in the 50's. This is just another example how we screw ourselves by sticking our nose in every corner of the world. Germany was the aggressor in WWII and it reunited over a quarter century ago. Korea was an overrun country, a victim. It is still divided. That's what keeps the regime in power long after communism was abandoned by others. Every single problem we face around the world today is a result of our past intervention.

I see how many blame problems of the world on US intervention, but its not like people are minding their own business peacefully and we just decide to mess with them.

 

[Mosinitis]

I see how many blame problems of the world on US intervention, but its not like people are minding their own business peacefully and we just decide to mess with them.

No one put us in charge of the world. Self-righteous bullshit doesn't cut it anymore. We didn't let Koreans determine their own future and we failed to win the war. Divided Korea is our legacy.

 

[Blimey]

I legit feel bad for the poor bastards on those ships. They don't really know what's going on and are suffering cause fatty kim, his father's son, is going off the deep end.

NK still saying it's going to test a nuke soon and I am positive that if they do there will be a repercussion this time, and I don't mean an "emergency UN meeting". I mean cruise missiles or a blockade of all their ports. If NK is at all what I have always thought (not crazy, just bluffs a lot), then they will know better than to conduct the test. It will go badly for them if they continue.

I'm almost positive there will not be a pre-emptive strike of their launch area.

 

[Celt]

No one put us in charge of the world. Self-righteous bullshit doesn't cut it anymore. We didn't let Koreans determine their own future and we failed to win the war. Divided Korea is our legacy.

I get that, but the world isnt much different that a small neighborhood. Every neighborhood has an alpha, if that alpha leaves another alpha steps in. If we are not the alpha, then someone else dictates the rules of the world and that wont be good for us. That doesnt mean i support senseless wars, just that we cant be an ostrich with our head in the sand. I dont have the answer as im not well informed on global affairs, but there are times we must step in, and times to butt out.

 

[Mosinitis]

I get that, but the world isnt much different that a small neighborhood. Every neighborhood has an alpha, if that alpha leaves another alpha steps in. If we are not the alpha, then someone else dictates the rules of the world and that wont be good for us. That doesnt mean i support senseless wars, just that we cant be an ostrich with our head in the sand. I dont have the answer as im not well informed on global affairs, but there are times we must step in, and times to butt out.

So we intervene because we have a complex and paranoia.
We had a period of isolation and somehow we survived and so did the world.

 

[Celt]

No, sometimes we have to choose the lesser of 2 evils.

 

[Mosinitis]

No, sometimes we have to choose the lesser of 2 evils.

We consistently chose the bigger of two evils for at least four decades. It bit us in the ass on 9/11, but we never looked back, never admitted our mistakes. We marched on to do the same shit again and again.